, 1887-02-13
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Tho Amiabie Conspiracy Planned By
Three Society Young Ladies.


Tho AmiAbie Conspiracy Planned By
Three Society Young Ladies.
There were three young ladies who, by
virtue of tho official positions of their
fathers. had the assurance of always
having partners themselves for the cotil-
Ions, II there were men enough to 20
around, who, because of the scarcity Of
the masculine article in Washington,
especially of the dancing kind, determined
n few winters ago to boycott all the
girls not in their own clique who came to
the city as visitors; and this Ia the way
they managed 1t. A modest, attract
I've girl was visiting a senator's wife,
but knew very few gentlemen in
Washington, for tho senator's wife with
whom sho was had not lived here long, and
it so CHANGED that in Il certain german the
young lady knew but three men besides
her own partner. TIL trio who had
formed the league against visitors knew
this fact, and being themselves well nc
quainted with most OF the gentlemen
dancing that night, including the three
the young stranger knew, they determined
among themselves to regularly take OUT
those three, whenever the stranger was
On the floor, before she could do so, in or
der to prevent her, as she was too modest
to take OUT any but an acquaintance,
from having any one with whom she could
dance except her own partner.
In pursuance Of this amiable conspiracy
the three girls actually succeeded in caus-
ing the young lady to be left stranded in
the middle of tho ball room, looking hope
lessly at tho strange faces OF the men who
were seated, while the three men she
knew were kept by the three girls who
Ind planned this discontinue for her, for
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neglected, rs q contrast to their own belle
ship, and to discourage her and other Wis
itors to the city from ''poaching upon
their preserves by dividing with them
the attention of tho few young men in
society.
Especially does this particular clique OF
girla-for though tho three who carried
out the plan above described arc married
now, thoy have their successors among
families whose home Is IN Washington
look with disfavor upon congressional
families, whether those of senators OF rep
r%esentntives, though they sometimes, as a
great concession, admit daughters of SEN
ators to their ring, il the latter have lived
long enough in Washington for their
daughters to grow up here, or If they can
entertain ut all here, oy invite their girl
friends 70 wish them IN their pleasant
homes in tho states from which thoy
come.
But the real beilo Of Washington is a
girl of a higher type than those who plot
to boycott other gtrls, and beautiful,
young and highly accomplished, and a
senator. daugheeY b always provided
weeks ahead with partners for every
dance, yet says she never has n good time
il other girls are not enjoying themselves.
II do think" enthusiastically exclaimed
another young and pretty girl, ~ho had
needed no favors ot tho bellies hands,
she is the loveliest girl I ever saw She
IA 50 sweet 10 other giYist At tho last
german she had received many eorsago
bouquets In the dance, and she saw a n
other giri who had none; SO, In passing
her, quietly slipped one Of her own into
her hand" In this way she gave to other
girl. all the six bouquets she received
That night.
There is a selfish ma malicious part,
too, which young men also tako in the
german, II for purposes OF their own
sometimes spite, sometimes to curry
favor with certain of the girls
conspire together to make bellies Of
some and to slight others equally de
serving. It is very easy for a ''ringr-
and such exist in social as well as political
circles-to carry ont their purposes in II
german, especially IL the leader OF the
dance be ono OF tho clique which has
decided to make the occasion IA pleasure
or q punishment to some Of those present,
for the leadc of n german is n great auto
Graf while ho holds sway -WashiDgton
Cor. Harper's Bazaar.